Ok, so I only have 1 topic this time, but its content and my anger associated with it exceeds any other Reger Rant. I have probably seen about 50 TV reports and articles involving Mr. Ryan Braun's overturned suspension in the last 2 weeks. Every single one of them (without exception) took the stance (if an opinion was given) that Braun did in fact take steroids and got off on a technicality. Not once have I heard even the slightest incling of what is probably the truth. We will get to that in a minute. But first let's cover what we do know.
- On October 1st, Braun submitted a urine sample to Dino Laurenzi and his son.
- From the time that Braun submitted this test there was a 44 hour gap before the sample was sent to the Lab in Montreal.
- Ryan Braun has been tested 27 other times for performance enhancing drugs including 3 previous times during the 2011 season.
- All 27 test produced a negative result.
- Braun's failed sample pruduced a testosterone level more than 4 x the legal limit by MLB standards.
- Braun's failed sample represented, by far, the highest amount of testosterone ever recorded by MLB since they started their testing procedure.
- During the 44 hour gap, Dino claimed that the sample was in his basement.
- Ryan Braun is currently 28 years old
- Ryan Braun has been in the Major Leagues since 2007.
- Ryan Braun's HR and RBI totals by year - 2007- 34 and 97; 2008- 37 and 106; 2009- 32 and 114; 2010- 25 and 103; and 2011- 33 and 111.
- Dino Laurenzi is a life long Chicago Cubs fan (according to his facebook page) living in Wisconsin.
- The Chicago Cubs have one of the most loyal and rabid fan bases.
- The Chicago Cubs are the Brewers' main rival and play in the same division.
- Most Cubs fans dispise the Brewers.
- The Chicago Cubs have not won a World Series since 1908.
- Ryan Braun, according to his contract, must be weighed weekly. His weight did not fluctuate significantly at all during the season.
- It is a known fact that one of the by products of taking steroids is weight gain.
- After being informed (before the 44 hour window was known) of the positive test, Braun immediately submitted another sample that was clean.
So, what happened? Basically it comes down to one of two things. Either Braun took steroids and got away with it on a technicality or a life long Cubs fan with a background in sports science and lab testing or a person associated with him tampered with or tainted the sample. To me the second theory makes a million times more sense. Look at the facts!!! Not one thing points to the theory that Braun was on steroids. Not one!!! He did not get bigger. His power numbers did not go up. Every single time he was ever tested in the past, he passed. The test results came up ridiculously high comparitively speaking (1 doctor interviewed said that there had only been a few times in his life that he had seen a testosterone inbalance so extreme and in each case it was a hard core roid head weight lifter).
My theory is that we had a hard core Cubs fan who hated the Brewers (anybody who has ever met a Cubs fan knows how passionately they hate the Brewers). It would be the equivalent of a die hard Red Sox fan collecting a sample from Alex Rodriguez right after he won a playoff game. He just watched as the Brew Crew beat the D-backs and was pissed. Braun had 3 hits that day. He went home with this sample and started thinking about it. Because of his lab experience and experience as a collector. He knew, not only how to tamper with the sample, but also how to reseal the package so nobody would notice. On Saturday he called a connection to synthetic testosterone or knew how to produce it based on his lab experience and injected it into Braun's sample. His intention was probably to put enough in as to trigger a positive result, but ended up puting too much in triggering the extreme positive result. Why is this so hard to believe?
I hate the media
